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Proposed Ancestry of the Ungulates (image: Rique) View high resolution

Proposed Ancestry of the Ungulates

(image: Rique)

Macrauchenia (“long llama”, based on the now superseded Latin term for llamas, Auchenia, from Greek terms which literally mean “big neck”) was a long-necked and long-limbed, three-toed South American ungulate mammal, typifying the order Litopterna. The oldest fossils date back to around 7 million years ago. The original specimen was discovered by Charles Darwin during the voyage of the Beagle. In life, Macrauchenia resembled a humpless camel with a short trunk, though it is not closely related to either camels or proboscideans… (read more: Wikipedia)     (image: Olllga) View high resolution

Macrauchenia (“long llama”, based on the now superseded Latin term for llamas, Auchenia, from Greek terms which literally mean “big neck”) was a long-necked and long-limbed, three-toed South American ungulate mammal, typifying the order Litopterna. The oldest fossils date back to around 7 million years ago. The original specimen was discovered by Charles Darwin during the voyage of the Beagle. In life, Macrauchenia resembled a humpless camel with a short trunk, though it is not closely related to either camels or proboscideans…

(read more: Wikipedia)     (image: Olllga)

Perfil de Macrauchenia View high resolution

Perfil de Macrauchenia